24 



dependent of the extra manure thereby 

 afforded to other land. 



The superior advantage, therefore, of 

 Floating, compared with the product of 

 the mills, is as 30001. to 4001., and would 

 be greater if the mills did not operate as 

 an obstacle to the art, by claiming an ex- 

 clusive right to the use of the water, and 

 of course taking it from the meadows at 

 pleasure, and at very critical times. In 

 some situations, however, there is water 

 enough to serve both the purpose of the 

 mill, and of the meadow ; and it seldom 

 happens but that, where a mill can be 

 thus worked, there a certain quantity of 

 contiguous land may be floated. When- 

 ever I pass by a rapid river, therefore, 

 and see no use made of the many tons of 



rich 



